2009-02-13 Close Call Due to Radio Miscommunications

Safety Alert Type:

Log Hauling

Location:

12.5km Ocock F.S.R.

Date of Incident / Close Call:

2009-02-13

Company Name:

DNT Contracting Ltd.

Details of Incident / Close Call:

A DNT truck came onto the Ocock road, loaded at 17km. The trucker was calling his miles, but when he came to 12.5km he met an empty truck, on a corner, that was on the wrong channel. The DNT trucker was forced to swerve, causing his trailer to slide through the snow bank. No one went into the ditch and no one got hurt.